DOCUMENT:Q88330 07-NOV-1999 [win95x] TITLE :Unrecoverable Application Error with hDC Express PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product PROD/VER:WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= You may receive an Unrecoverable Application Error (UAE) when using hDC's Express program with Microsoft Windows. This error occurs when you use the Express program as the Windows shell and when the Auto-Maximize feature in hDC Express is turned on. MORE INFORMATION ================ The default setting in the Express Preferences is for Windows Express to maximize automatically. This maximizing action may causes UAEs when hDC is used as the default Windows shell. To alleviate this problem, use one of the following workarounds. Workaround 1 ------------ Turn off the auto-maximize feature in Windows Express: 1. From the Express window menu, choose Special Preferences. 2. Clear the Maximize Automatically check box. 3. Choose the Permanent button. -or- Workaround 2 ------------ Do not load Windows Express as the shell, instead load it from the "run=" line of the WIN.INI file: 1. Edit the WIN.INI file with a text editor such and Notepad. 2. The shell= line in the [boot] section of the SYSTEM.INI file will read: shell=express.exe Add the express.exe portion of that line to the run= line in the [boot] section. 3. Change the shell=express.exe line to: shell=progman.exe 4. Exit and restart Windows. The product included here, hDC Express, is manufactured by a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability. Additional query words: 3rdparty 3.00 3.0 3.00a 3.0a ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin300 kbWin300a Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.